Charge-transfer reactions in atom scattering from ionic surfaces: a time-dependent wavepacket approach

G R Darling1, Y Zeiri, R Kosloff

  • 1Surface Science Research Centre, Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK L69 3BX.

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